Any fall season in which zero local teams from the Weld County area win a state title qualifies as news.

But for local football teams to be in a multi-year title drought — that’s virtually unheard of.

A year ago, local football teams were denied a state title for the second consecutive season.

The last time there wasn’t a single local state football champion was in 2019, at the tail end of an even more prolonged multi-year drought.

Before Eaton ended the drought with its first of three consecutive 2A titles in 2020, the previous local champion was crowned in 2015 when Windsor won the 4A title. That represented a four-year drought, something local contenders like Eaton, Windsor and Roosevelt will try to prevent this time around.

Local state championship droughts have been even more rar

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